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The 1984 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 1984 European Parliament election. A constitutional amendment to allow the franchise at general elections to be extended to non-Irish citizens was approved by referendum on the same day.
Constituencies
Ireland had 15 MEPs who were elected on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) in four constituencies based on the provinces of Ireland:
- Connacht–Ulster (3 seats);
- Dublin (4 seats);
- Leinster (3 seats);
- Munster (5 seats).
Results
| Party | Group | Leader | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | Seats | ± | |
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| Fianna Fáil | EPD | Charles Haughey | 438,946 | 39.2 |  4.5
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8 | 3
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| Fine Gael | EPP | Garret FitzGerald | 361,034 | 32.2 | 0.9
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6 | 2
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| Labour Party | SOC | Dick Spring | 93,656 | 8.3 | 6.2
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0 | 4
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| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 54,672 | 4.9 | 4.9
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0 | 
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| Workers' Party | Tomás Mac Giolla | 48,449 | 4.3 | 1.0
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0 |
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| Independent Fianna Fáil | RBW | Neil Blaney | 32,504 | 2.9 | 3.2
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0 | 1
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| Green Party | none | 5,242 | 0.5 | New | 0 |
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| Independent | 85,913 | 7.7 | 0.6
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| Total | 1,120,416 | 100 | — | 15 | — | |||
MEPs elected
Main article: List of members of the European Parliament for Ireland, 1984–1989Voting details
| Constituency | Electorate | Turnout | Spoilt | Valid Poll | Quota | Seats | Candidates |
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| Connacht–Ulster | 471,577 | 241,244 (51.2%) | 5,763 (2.4%) | 235,481 | 58,871 | 3 | 11 |
| Dublin | 704,873 | 288,831 (40.9%) | 6,153 (2.1%) | 282,678 | 56,536 | 4 | 12 |
| Leinster | 545,878 | 268,491 (49.2%) | 9,197 (3.4%) | 259,294 | 64,824 | 3 | 9 |
| Munster | 691,076 | 349,179 (50.5%) | 6,216 (1.8%) | 342,963 | 57,161 | 5 | 9 |
| Total | 2,413,404 | 1,147,745 (47.6%) | 27,329 (2.4%) | 1,120,416 | — | 15 | 41 |
References
- European Assembly Elections Act 1977, 2nd Sch.: Constituencies (No. 30 of 1977, 2nd Sch.). Enacted on 9 December 1977. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
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